Michael Pregill is associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Elon University in North Carolina. His main areas of specialization are the Qur’an and its interpretation, the origins of Islam in the late antique milieu, and Muslim relations with non-Muslims. Much of his research focuses on the reception of biblical, Jewish, and Christian traditions in the Qur’an and Islamic discourse. He is a frequent contributor to the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception.